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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "transferred into your bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "contract award committee" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • deltacrest_2010@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • bluecrest_2020@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "John .mark" <johnmark815@gmail.com>
Reply-To: deltacrest_2010@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:46:12 -0800
Subject: I want to invest in your country


Nigerian National petroleum corporation(NNPC).
Contract / Finance Department:
N.N.P.C. Building,
7,Kofo Abayomi Str, Victoria Island,
lkoyi, Lagos-Nigeria ,P.M.B.2563.
E-mail: deltacrest_2010@yahoo.com

Dear ,

The prompting of this mail is to solicit your partnership/assistance
over a transaction would certainly boost the financial position of all
parties involved, when concluded.

I am an accountant with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation(NNPC). Indeed, we are making payments to some foreign
contractors who our Federal Government owed some Financial obligation.

In the ongoing exercise, we observed a surplus budget in excess of
Twenty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars USD$25,500,000.00)
On further investigations, we discovered that this excess fund was as a
result of Over-invoice margin on contract sums approved by the former
officials of Contract Award Committee which awarded those contracts during
the former military regime.

It is this over-invoiced sum that my colleagues and I are collaborating
to siphon out to a foreign bank account abroad for our benefit.

We have made arrangements to this effect, in every relevant government
sectors/offices, especially the Federal Ministry of Finance and the
Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN ) for a hitch free transaction.

But we realized that it's imperative to involve a foreigner in order to
succeed because the said contracts were executed by foreign firms, also,
as ordinary civil servant, we do not have the necessary capital to handle
this operation because of the financial expenses required to set up and
successfully conclude the operation; that is why it become
necessary to source for the partnership / assistance of Overseas company
or individuals with the necessary capability to handle the transaction
and receive these funds in his bank account, on our behalf and hold
safely until our arrival for final disbursement,hence this letter.

Consequently, it has been unanimously agreed that for your financial
cooperation and on successful conclusion of the proposed transaction, all
expenses you incurred in the successful actualization of the transaction
would first be reimbursed to you after which you will receive 30% of the
total sum remitted and what remains comes to us the Nigerian
counterparts/ partners.

The nature of your business is not particularly relevant for the success
of this transaction. All we required is your willingness, cooperation and
assurance that our own share will be given to us when this money is
transferred into your bank account.

Since we have no knowledge of business, our plan is to invest this money
into Agricultural scheme, Real Estate, stock market and we can also invest
in some other profitable business in your country based on your advice
because many of our years were spent as civil servants and, we may likely
resign from government service to private business after this money is
transferred into your account.

Therfore, if you are interested and capable to work exclusively with us
to achieve this goal, pls; indicate your interest through the e-mail
address above.

Looking forward to your consideration and early response upon the receipt
of this letter.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.John Smith

<bluecrest_2020@yahoo.com>

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